Introduction:

depressive disorder, anxiety and burnout are psychiatric disorders with a high worldwide prevalence, especially in people who perform activities with greater stress, such as doctors. Their detection and treatment is very important, as they can cause clinically significant discomfort and impairment.

Objective:

to evaluate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and burnout in medical residents one year after a medical residency at Hospital Angeles in the metropolitan area.

Material and methods:

prospective, cross-sectional study carried out with medical residents enrolled in the Grupo Angeles; a general questionnaire was applied, the Beck scale for depression, the GAD-7 scale to assess anxiety, and the Maslach scale for burnout. The data was analyzed in the IBM SPSS v. 24 programs using χ2.

Results:

50 students participated, 60% women and 40% men. 18 and 14% of the participants had mild and moderate depression, 8% had severe depression, 16% had moderate anxiety, and 10% had severe anxiety. 26 and 66% had moderate and severe burnout, respectively. Baseline anxiety and one year after the start of residency were statistically different (p = 0.004).

Conclusion:

in general, an increase in depression, anxiety, and burnout syndrome was observed in residents, finding significant differences in anxiety at the beginning and one year after the start of the residency.